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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a stable, pharmaceutically oral dosage form of a benzimidazole derivative as well as to an advantageous and economical process for manufacturing the same.
• Benzimidazole compounds are very effective drugs for the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastroesophageal reflux disease, severe erosive esophagitis, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and H pylori eradication.
• these compounds have poor stability. In the solid state they are susceptible to heat, moisture and light, and in aqueous solution or suspension their stability decreases with decreasing pH. The degradation of these compounds is catalyzed by acidic reacting compounds.
• the main benzimidazole derivatives used in therapeutics at the moment are omeprazole, lansoprazole, pantoprazole and rabeprazole.
• Omeprazole or 5-methoxy-2 (((4-methoxy-3,5-dimethyl-2-pyridinyl) methyl)sulfinyl)- IH-benzimidazole is a useful and very widely used treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcer, erosive esophagitis and gastroesophagal reflux disease.
• Omeprazole acts by inhibiting gastric acid secretion.
• the usual daily dosage is from 10 to 100 mg of omeprazole in one dose.
• omeprazole The formulation of omeprazole must be protected from gastric fluids since it is rapidly chemically degraded at acidic pH. Consequently, omeprazole is usually released in the proximal parts of the small intestine where it is rapidly absorbed.
• the absolute bioavailability of omeprazole with doses of 20 to 40 mg/day is approximately 30% to 40%.
• the US patent 4786505 describes a pharmaceutical preparation containing an acid labile compound together with an alkaline reacting compound and together with an alkaline compound as the core material.
• This patent- also described one or more subcoating layers and an enteric coating as well as a process for the preparation thereof.
• the US Patent 5232706 is quite close to the one mentioned hereinabove. It describes a preparation comprising a nucleus formed by a mixture of omeprazole with a basic compound. The nucleus has two coatings. The first is formed by an enteric coating.
• the US Patent 5385739 relates to a stable formulation of omeprazole microgranules containing a neutral core consisting of sugar and starch, characterized in that it contains an active layer consisting of a dilution of omeprazole in mannitol in substantially equal amounts. It also relates to a process for producing such formulations.
• the US Patent 5690960 relates to a new oral pharmaceutical formulation containing a novel physical form of a magnesium salt of omeprazole, a method for the manufacture of such a formulation.
• US Patent 5817338 describes a new pharmaceutical multiple unit tabletted dosage form containing omeprazole, a method for the manufacture of such formulation, and the use of such formulation in medicine.
• Benzimidazole derivatives degrade very rapidly in water solutions at low pH values.
• the rate of degradation of omeprazole proceeds with a half-life of less than 10 minutes at pH values below 4. At pH 6.5, the half-life of degradation is 18 hours; at pH 1 1 about 300 days-
• omeprazole is susceptible to degradation not only in an acidic environment but also under the influence of temperature, humidity, organic solvents and oxygen. Degradation of omeprazole (and of other benzimidazole derivatives) is known to give decomposition products that are highly colored. Consequently, inappropriate conditions of handling of the product will cause discoloration even at small levels of degradations.
• the galenic formulation and the manufacturing process should therefore be carefully optimized to guarantee the stability of the composition through the entire shelf-life of the drug medicine.
• An object of the present invention is to provide a stable oral composition of a benzimidazole derivative and a process thereof.
• the new dosage form is characterized as follows: the benzimidazole derivative is formulated in the form of an enteric coated tablet.
• the core tablet contains at least, in addition to the active ingredient, one lipophilic antioxidant agent.
• An insulating coating layer may advantageously be applied on the core tablets before the enteric coating.
• the invention relates thus to an enteric coated tablet formulation containing at least one benzimidazole derivative, said formulation comprising: a core containing at least one benzimidazole derivative and at least one lipophilic antioxidant, an enteric envelope protecting the core at a pH below 5.
• the core of the present invention is a tablet.
• the invention relates to an enteric coated tablet containing at least one benzimidazole derivative.
• the tablet of the invention comprises a core containing at least one benzimidazole derivative and at least one lipophilic antioxidant, said core being provided with at least one enteric coating layer.
• the tablet of the invention comprises: a core containing at least said benzimidazole derivative and at least one lipophilic antioxidant; an enteric coating layer, and a pre-coating layer or insulating layer extending between the core and the enteric coating layer.
• the core comprises at least one tabletting excipient and one lipophilic antioxidant.
• the core tablet is manufactured using a direct compression process. Alternatively, a wet granulation process may be used.
• At least a part of the lipophilic antioxidant is adsorbed on a tabletting agent or granulated with a tabletting agent.
• the enteric coating or envelope is substantially free of benzimidazole derivative, and is most preferably free of benzimidazole derivative.
• a pre-coating layer or an insulating layer may advantageously be applied on the core tablet before the enteric coating.
• the pre-coating layer or insulating layer is also advantageously substantially free of benzimidazole derivative.
• the core comprises at least a tabletting excipient selected among the group consisting of microcrystalline cellulose, cellulose derivatives, lactose, mannitol, mono or disaccharide, and mixtures thereof, blended with at least one lipophilic antioxidant is attached.
• at least one lipophilic antioxidant agent is selected from the group consisting of derivatives of vitamin E ( ⁇ -tocopherol) or vitamin C (ascorbic acid), Butylhydroxyamide (BHA), butylhydroxytoluene (BHT), or propyl gallate, lipo ⁇ c acid and mixtures thereof.
• substantially all the lipophilic antioxidant agent(s) present in the core is (are) selected from said groups.
• the lipophilic antioxidant comprises at least ascorbyl palmitate and is most preferably ascorbyl palmitate.
• the lipophilic antioxidants chosen are solid at ambient temperature like BHA, BHT, propyl gallate or ascorbyl palmitate in order to allow a direct compression process for the manufacturing of the tablet.
• the lipophilic antioxidant is liquid (like vitamin E derivatives or lipo ⁇ c acid)
• the manufacturing of the tablet involves a granulation step between the liquid antioxidant and one tabletting agent. This granulation step requires a drying step and consequently makes the manufacturing process of the present invention longer, more complicated and more expensive.
• the pre-coating layer or the insulating layer comprises advantageously at least a polymer selected from the group consisting of povidone, derivatives of povidone, derivatives of cellulose, and mixtures thereof.
• said polymer(s) forms at least 50%) by weight (most preferably at least 75% by weight, for example substantially completely) of the dry pre-coating layer or insulating layer.
• the pre- coating solution is advantageously water-free.
• the enteric layer or envelope comprises advantageously at least one cellulosic polymer or cellulosic derivative.
• the dry enteric layer or envelope comprises from 20 to 70% by weight (most preferably from 30 to 60% by weight, especially about 50% by weight) of cellulosic polymer and cellulosic derivative.
• the enteric layer or envelope comprises at least hypromellose phthalate as cellulosic derivative and/or at least an acrylic/methacrylic polymer or copolymer, preferably a methacrylic acid copolymer.
• the benzimidazole derivative is advantageously selected from the group consisting of benzimidazole derivatives inhibiting the proton pump, pantoprazole, lansoprazole, omeprazole, rabeprazole and mixtures thereof. According to a specific embodiment, the benzimidazole derivative is omeprazole.
• the tablet of the invention or the capsule of the invention contains from 5 to 80 mg omeprazole. According to another possible embodiment, the tablet of the invention or the capsule of the invention contains from 5 to 60 mg of lansoprazole.
• the invention also relates to a process for the preparation of a formulation of the invention, in which the core is prepared by direct compression or alternatively in which the manufacturign of the core involves the granulation of the lipophilic antioxidant with at least one tabletting excipient, and in which the core is provided with at least an enteric layer or envelope.
• the process is to blend all the excipients contained in the core of the present invention in one single step and to manufacture the tablets by direct compression.
• the core has advantageously the form of a tablet, which is provided with a pre-coating and an enteric coating using the pan-coating technology or the fluid bed technology.
• a preferred embodiment of the invention is a stable formulation of omeprazole or of another benzimidazole derivative under the form of a pharmaceutical coated tablet.
• the tablet comprises a core which contains, in addition to several excipients used in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical tablets, a lipophilic antioxidant derivative.
• the tablet may be manufactured using the direct compression technology if the lipophilic antioxidant chosen is a powder (ascorbyl palmitate for instance). If the lipophilic antioxidant chosen is a liquid (vitamin E derivatives), it is needed to first granulate or adsorbate the said lipophilic excipient together with another tabletting excipient, preferably with microcrystalline cellulose.
• This adsorbate is then mixed with the active ingredient and the other tabletting excipients.
• the whole blend is tabletted by a direct compression process.
• the adsorbate mentioned hereinabove is formed by melting the lipophilic antioxidant derivative and adding it in the liquid form to a classical tabletting excipient in a planetary mixer.
• the antioxidant derivative solidifies when put in contact with the tabletting excipient. It has been found that by using the lipophilic antioxidant, in the form of a dry blend or the antioxidant adsorbate, it was possible to prepare formulation having an excellent stability.
• the core of the tablet so manufactured is coated as follows: first with an insulating layer and then with an enteric coating layer.
• the direct coating of the tablets with the enteric layer was prevented in the preferred example, so as to avoid possible degradation of the active ingredient due to the presence of acidic groups in the enteric polymer. Therefore, a neutral coating layer is advantageously applied on the core tablets before the application of the enteric coating.
• the insulating coating layer of these examples contains at least one water soluble polymer as, for example, povidone or hypromellose.
• Povidone is the preferred excipient for the insulating layer because this polymer is soluble in absolute alcohol while the cellulosic derivatives need traces of water to be completely soluble. And it is well known that the presence of water, even in traces, is able to accelerate/provoke a chemical degradation of benzimidazole derivatives.
• the enteric coating polymer may be a derivative of cellulose (cellulose acetophthalate, hypromellose phthalate) or a derivative of an acrylic polymer (methacrylate acid copolymer).
• the preferred enteric polymer must be able to protect the formulation at acidic pH corresponding to the transit in the stomach (pH comprised between 1 and 5) and to release the active ingredient rapidly once the formulation arrives in small intestine. Therefore, hypromellose phthalate (HP50®, Shinetzu) is the preferred polymer for this purpose since it has the properties to be soluble at pH>5.0.
• hypromellose phthalate HP50®, Shinetzu
• formulations A to N give different formulations of the core tablet, pre-coating and enteric coating, corresponding to the present invention
• Coating isolation or pre-coating (mg of dry matter applied on a tablet)
• HPMC hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose
• the pre-coating was applied by using a solution of Povidone or HPMC, said solution containing preferably absolute ethanol as solvent or alternatively an hydro-ethanolic mixture.
• Enteric coating m of dry matter applied on a tablet
• the enteric coating was applied by using a solution containing the different compounds listed in the above table, and a hydro-ethanolic mixture, the weight ratio compounds listed in the table/ hydro-ethanolic mixture being 15/85.
• omeprazole formulation of the invention containing a lipophilic antioxidant agent was demonstrated by comparing the stability of enteric coated tablets with and without an antioxidant agent.
• different formulations (with and without lipophilic antioxidant agent) of tablet have been manufactured and all the tablets were coated with the same pre-coating and enteric coating film.
• All the tablets were packaged in high density polyethylene bottles containing a dessicant caspule (1 gram of silicagel) and put in stability at 40°C / 75 %> RH.
• the formulation 3 i.e. the tablet containing no antioxidant agent showed a clear instability already after 1 month. Indeed, the tablet developed an intense violet coloration (characteristic to a degradation of omeprazole). After 3 months, the tablets were brown.
• the formulation 2 i.e. the tablet containing ⁇ -tocopherol as antioxidant agent, was more stable than formulation 3 since after 1 month of storage, only a slight yellow coloration appeared on the tablet but a significant violet coloration appears after 3 months.
• the formulation 1 i.e. the tablet containing Vitamin E polyethylene glycol succinate (Vitamin E TPGS) as antioxidant agent, had a better stability than that of formulation 2 and 3, since the tablet was still completely white after 1 month of storage at 40°C/75%) RH. But, after 3 months, formulation 1 showed also a slight apparition of a yellow coloration.
• Formulation 4 containing ascorbyl palmitate as antioxidant gave the best stability results since no apparition of colour are observed on the tablets after 3 months at 40°C / 75%.
• formulation 5 containing a non lipophilic antioxidant (ascorbic acid) did not show any improvement in term of stability in comparison with formulation 3 without antioxidant.
• a subject matter of the invention is thus also a pharmaceutical composition (preferably for oral administration) comprising a benzimidazole derivative (preferably omeprazole and/or lansoprazole) and at least an antioxidant selected from the group consisting of ascorbyl palmitate, BHA and mixtures thereof.
• a pharmaceutical composition preferably for oral administration comprising a benzimidazole derivative (preferably omeprazole and or lansoprazole) and at least ascorbyl palmitate.
• the stability of a formulation of enteric tablet (formulation 4) was compared with the same formulation but without pre-coating
• the formulation 4 containing the pre-coating layer has given a product white at the end of the manufacturing process, while the formulation 4 without the pre-coating layer shows the apparition of violet spots on the omeprazole tablets. It is thought that the violet spots are due to (i) the acidic groups contained in the enteric coating layer which are able to react with omeprazole on the surface of the tablet and/or (ii) to the water contained in the enteric coating solution, said water being able to provoke and/or accelerate the degradation of omeprazole present on the surface of the tablet.
• the insulating / pre-coating layer is useful in the present invention for protecting the omeprazole molecules located at the surface of the core tablets.
• the coating suspension or solution used for said pre-coating contains preferably no water (use of absolute alcohol as solvent for preparing the coating solution or suspension).
• lipophilic antioxidant is heated until it becomes liquid. It is then adsorbed onto Microcrystalline Cellulose by a mixing operation.
• the lipophilic antioxidant chosen is a powder, no pre-blending is needed.
• the tablets are coated
• the tablets are coated
• a part of the tablets is packaged in alu-alu blisters (stability studies). Another part is packaged in HDPE bottles (stability studies and clinical trials).
• Another possible advantage of the tablets of the present invention is the low cost of the manufacturing process, in comparison to the existing marketed compositions of omeprazole (pellets, multiple unit tabletted dosage forms).
• the dissolution test has also been performed on the batch 24G00/B and meets the specification (not less than 80% of omeprazole dissolved 60 minutes after starting the dissolution test).
• the dissolution profile of the enteric coated tablets described in this invention has been compared with the dissolution profile of various marketed forms of omeprazole: LOSEC 20 mg (Astra, Belgium), MOPRAL 20 mg (Astra, France), ANTRA MUPS 20 mg (Astra, Germany).
• Figure 1 gives the comparative dissolution profiles of omeprazole formulation of the invention (tablet SMB 20 mg), as well as of marketed formulations (Antra, Mopral and Losec).

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